Dr. ChrisTina
@spacebotanynerd.bsky.social
A plant biologist who likes working with engineers to grow plants in space.
Today was the first time that I found Tolkien in the Science Fiction section of a library.
October 21, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Today was the first time that I found Tolkien in the Science Fiction section of a library.
How will you bring joy into your life today?
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
How will you bring joy into your life today?
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
Yesterday I couldn't find any good reason not to put on my swimsuit and spend a few hours in a pool with my children. So I did. And it was fun.
I'm sharing a photo of me in my swimsuit with you. Perhaps it will motivate you.
#juststrong
The Botanical world mourns today.
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
September 1, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Botanical world mourns today.
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
A giant in the field is no more.
Rest in peace, Donovan Kirkwood.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
This is another piece about his work:
www.nature.com/articles/d44...
Annoyed by all those containers that don't match a top?
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Annoyed by all those containers that don't match a top?
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
Try growing plants in them.
The shallow ones are great for propagating.
This one is a Rubbermaid container. Durable, nice, but not too useful once the top is lost.
Bonus, if the top ever turns up, wash it out and use. @rubbermaid.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. ChrisTina
Extremophile Adaptation: How A Deep Sea Worm Survives High Arsenic And Sulfide Levels
astrobiology.com/2025/08/extr... #astrobiology #oceanography #extremophile
astrobiology.com/2025/08/extr... #astrobiology #oceanography #extremophile
Extremophile Adaptation: How A Deep Sea Worm Survives High Arsenic And Sulfide Levels - Astrobiology
A deep sea worm that inhabits hydrothermal vents survives the high levels of toxic arsenic and sulfide in its environment
astrobiology.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Extremophile Adaptation: How A Deep Sea Worm Survives High Arsenic And Sulfide Levels
astrobiology.com/2025/08/extr... #astrobiology #oceanography #extremophile
astrobiology.com/2025/08/extr... #astrobiology #oceanography #extremophile
A little purple flower peeks out between the bright pink bracts of this ornamental turmeric. It shares a pot with a variegated spider plant.
August 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A little purple flower peeks out between the bright pink bracts of this ornamental turmeric. It shares a pot with a variegated spider plant.
I like this one. It's food for scientific thought.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I like this one. It's food for scientific thought.
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Emma the Space Gardener released a new Mission Report today!
spacebotany.uk/blog/mission...
spacebotany.uk/blog/mission...
Mission Report: 26 August 2025 - Space Botany
My top stories from the world of space plants and gardening this week include tomato seeds in space, space-flown seeds heading home and a potential Lego Mark Watney!
spacebotany.uk
August 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Emma the Space Gardener released a new Mission Report today!
spacebotany.uk/blog/mission...
spacebotany.uk/blog/mission...
Are you going for a stroll today?
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
July 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Are you going for a stroll today?
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Do you plan to stop and smell the flowers?
🪷🌹 🌺 🌹 🌺 🪷
It's a great thing to do - but be careful out there.
🚫 Don't touch these purple flowers!
🟣💜🟪🚫☠️⚠️
Monkshood!
Also known as wolfsbane.
The scientific name is Acontium. Everything in this genus is dangerous.
Botany is in the house!
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
June 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Botany is in the house!
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
Life Sciences Department
Botany Section
Don't recognize the sign?
It's a Star Trek reference. Here's a link explaining more.
memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Botany_...
Reposted by Dr. ChrisTina
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
BREAKING: The president's budget request just hit Congress, which could usher in a dark age for NASA space science.
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Congress has the final say, but you can help shape the outcome by adding your name to our global petition.
This is just the start of our fight.
Sign the petition: planet.ly/petition
Want to see NASA Space plant hardware (BRIC-PDFU) put together? With music?
Here is a video the Kiss Lab put together many years ago.
youtu.be/SeH9dFBWgz0?...
Here is a video the Kiss Lab put together many years ago.
youtu.be/SeH9dFBWgz0?...
Hardware Susan wmusic
YouTube video by botanynerd
youtu.be
June 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Want to see NASA Space plant hardware (BRIC-PDFU) put together? With music?
Here is a video the Kiss Lab put together many years ago.
youtu.be/SeH9dFBWgz0?...
Here is a video the Kiss Lab put together many years ago.
youtu.be/SeH9dFBWgz0?...
The Barbie Doll designed after Samantha Cristoforetti is on sale on Amazon right now!
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May 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Barbie Doll designed after Samantha Cristoforetti is on sale on Amazon right now!
Here's an affiliate link.
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Our latest paper is out!
Testing out a new option for Seed Handling in Space.
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Testing out a new option for Seed Handling in Space.
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Japanese Oblate Film as a Novel Method for Seed Handling...
In-situ food production for long-duration space missions is currently reliant on crop production, with plants grown from seed serving as a...
sciendo.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our latest paper is out!
Testing out a new option for Seed Handling in Space.
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Testing out a new option for Seed Handling in Space.
sciendo.com/article/10.2...
Reposted by Dr. ChrisTina
The world's smallest flowering plant might solve our biggest space challenges. New research shows duckweed (Wolffia globosa) thrives in altered gravity—potentially feeding future astronauts while using minimal resources.
Read more at wp.me/pdRZhH-lPJ
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Read more at wp.me/pdRZhH-lPJ
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Wolffia globosa and its potential for space agriculture
Have you ever wondered what space food looks like? A recent study published in Scientific Reports by Romano and...
wp.me
March 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The world's smallest flowering plant might solve our biggest space challenges. New research shows duckweed (Wolffia globosa) thrives in altered gravity—potentially feeding future astronauts while using minimal resources.
Read more at wp.me/pdRZhH-lPJ
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Read more at wp.me/pdRZhH-lPJ
#Botany #PlantScience 🧪
Reposted by Dr. ChrisTina
This wasn't how I planned on starting my day, but NASA's 'First Woman' graphic novel begins with a woman of colour harvesting and serving a space-grown salad, and I'm peeved it has been removed from the NASA website.
spacebotany.uk/blog/the-fir...
spacebotany.uk/blog/the-fir...
The First Woman’s Space Salad - Space Botany
NASA's 'First Woman' graphic novel opens with a woman of colour harvesting and eating a space-grown salad.
spacebotany.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This wasn't how I planned on starting my day, but NASA's 'First Woman' graphic novel begins with a woman of colour harvesting and serving a space-grown salad, and I'm peeved it has been removed from the NASA website.
spacebotany.uk/blog/the-fir...
spacebotany.uk/blog/the-fir...
"Ma, why are you looking at so many books?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
March 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"Ma, why are you looking at so many books?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
"It's fun."
"I don't see how that's fun. I would find it overwhelming and frustrating. I have so much more fun with video games."
"I find video games overwhelming and frustrating. This is my kind of puzzle game."
"Oh. What are you puzzling over?"
I never really show off the cool stuff on my wall. Shuttle drawn by a former intern. Painting of microgreens in Microgravity by a colleague. Cover photo of a spaceflight study. Autographed astronaut photo. A cross stitch by a friend. A medal from a 5K run that I was especially grateful to finish.
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I never really show off the cool stuff on my wall. Shuttle drawn by a former intern. Painting of microgreens in Microgravity by a colleague. Cover photo of a spaceflight study. Autographed astronaut photo. A cross stitch by a friend. A medal from a 5K run that I was especially grateful to finish.
Yesterday the children saw this critter while we were hiking. I was shocked that they even saw it! I certainly didn't. Our 12 year old tried taking photos of it on her phone. She could not get it to focus how she wanted. She asked me to do it with my camera. She approved of this photo.
March 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Yesterday the children saw this critter while we were hiking. I was shocked that they even saw it! I certainly didn't. Our 12 year old tried taking photos of it on her phone. She could not get it to focus how she wanted. She asked me to do it with my camera. She approved of this photo.
Make the choice that is for your highest good!
March 2, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Make the choice that is for your highest good!
Just a photo of the sky.
February 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Just a photo of the sky.
Happy Friday, y'all.
February 22, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Happy Friday, y'all.
Let's learn more about what it takes to farm in space.
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
So You Want to Be a Space Farmer… - NASA
Scientists are conducting on-orbit studies requiring human tending to crops, like space farmers controlling environmental parameters to ensure plant success
www.nasa.gov
February 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Let's learn more about what it takes to farm in space.
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
www.nasa.gov/humans-in-sp...
Belong, Connect, Grow
February 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Belong, Connect, Grow